well… consider Miguel Heras not enough ultraexperienced is not correct, this year he won Transvulcania (Canarias) and Trofeo Scaccabarozzi (Italy) and a great 2nd place Trofeo Kima (Italy) just after Kilian Jornet, he is a great long distance/mountain skyrunner athlet

Well, Heras (as Bryon already noticed in one of his prerace reports) also won this year the very much reputated Cavalls del Vent, that is 50 mi. & 20.000 ft. of positive climb, on technical ground in the Catalan Pyrenees (Spain). He won in 9:06 hours ! setting an impressive new race record.

thanks for the amazing coverage!! i think i lost a day of productivity because i couldn't stop checking my twitter feed, but it was totally worth it. there's nothing like an epic ultra to remind me why i love the community so much.

Bryon, Thanks as ever for great coverage – your work is much appreciated! Nice work for the Brits who I inevitably follow with most interest, although I was sorry not to see Lizzie one place higher! Great racing as ever and makes me realise that I seem to be doing ultra walking events rather than running when compared to these guys!

Ballots willing, hopefully see you at the start line of UTMB in August, Jeremy

Miguel Heras, despiting he raced in cycling, also comes from raids, you know, those five-day long races sleeping 15' a day. I think he is much better in long distance runs than short; even better if are technical and very steep.

Kilian Jornet wrote yesterday in my blog that the guy that 'scared' him in past UTMB was, mainly, Heras. And thinks he is his #1 'enemy' for 2011.